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Overview

Lake Forest Condo Rental Photos and Description

Townhome, 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, (Sleeps 12)

This home has been leased for winter 2016-17 but does have some early winter vacation dates available. ​ ALSO OPEN TO SUMMER MONTHLY RENTALS AT $5000 PER MONTH.

Lovely lake view townhome with open flowing floor plan. Completed and tastefully remodeled with fresh boat theme decor. Living features large custom field stone fireplace, beautiful furnishings and a lake view deck. Beautiful Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops. Dining area opens on to a lake view deck with gas BBQ, overlooking a lovely green common area featuring volleyball and a large brick BBQ.Great for work or play with high speed wireless internet, printer and cable tv. Master bedroom with king bed and opens onto the balcony. Downstairs features three bedrooms and two baths. Two of the bedrooms have log bunk sets with a twin on top, one with a double on the bottom and one with a queen below. The third bedroom has two queen beds. This lakefront complex has a private beach, pool, pier and tennis courts.

Clean and roomy

It's by the lake, but no beach close by. Too steep of stairs for most of us, as we're over 63 and have knee and hip issues. It was a very warm each day we were there, but there were lots of fans and it cooled off some what at night. The three bathrooms were very clean, but needed towel bars or hooks... not enough towels or washcloths either, but there was a washer and dryer, if you don't mind washing every day for clean ones? The kitchen was small, but very functional, and I mentioned to the management that one dishtowel was not sufficient... again had to wash it! Loved the balcony and there were two sliding doors to keep the air flowing. The 4 bedrooms were very good, I loved my bed in the bed and bath combo. The only thing I would change is two of the bedrooms had bunk beds, not sufficient for climbing at our ages, so make one of the bedrooms two twins? All seven of us said we would stay there again if it wasn't two story!

July 4th in Tahoe

Previous reviews & photos were very helpful. The unit was extremely close to our expectations. The location was excellent. Lake views from the decks were as depicted in photos. Being minutes from Tahoe City was great. Proximity to the lake for walks was wonderful. Check - in was a breeze. Knowing it was going to be hot when we arrived & knowing the unit did not have AC, we requested fans from the leasing company & were very happy to find 4 fans in the unit upon our arrival. Being the 4th of July week it was a little pricey but worth it. Only a few small negatives, only 1 small TV in the living room & no working TVs in the bedrooms. Furniture in the living room - dated & not very comfortable. A little bit of a musty smell downstairs. On the plus side - the kitchen was very nice, had what we needed. The bathrooms were good , nice to have 3 full baths. Nice grill to use, laundry facilities & many little niceties throughout. Overall very satisfied with the unit & would definitely stay there again!

Boathouse

This home was very frustrating. First it was extremely hot upstairs (yes, it was summer) and at times it unbearable, thank goodness for the afternoon summer showers! Wells and Bennett were awesome, they brought us fans which did help a tad. The most frustrating part about this home is the owners have half of the home under lock and key. Many of the cabinets in the kitchen are locked which meant we had to have all of our own food we brought on the counters or in boxes on the floor. Even the refrigerator had all the drawers locked! It was a small refrigerator to begin with so we had to use our ice chests along with it to store our food! All of the closets except for a few had locks on them. Even the closet with a vacuum, broom and cleaning supplies was locked so we couldn't sweep the floor if needed. By the end of our time there we were fed up! If you plan on cooking any meals plan on bringing a lot of your own cooking utensils. The knives were dull dollar store knives and there wasn't one pot in the kitchen! There were many skillets but no pots! Be sure to bring simple things like salt and pepper too. If you plan on eating out then you'll be fine. On a positive note, the beds were super comfortable and it was decorated nicely. The living area is smaller than the pictures reflect it to be so if you have a large group keep that in mind. The main deck had cheap plastic chairs without a table, but Wells and Bennett (I can't say enough good things about them) bought a nice table and chairs to have on the deck for us. The deck was wonderful and had a gorgeous view! One of the questions I was asked to answer is would I recommend it to a friend. My sister was very interested in renting this home for her family in September and now she has decided on another home. It you don't have a large group and you plan on eating out all the time, I would recommend it. Otherwise I wouldn't.

Submitted: Jul 23, 2014

Stayed: Jul 2014

Source: VRBO, from HomeAway

Owner's Response: Hi Lori,
Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. I have addressed this issues with the owner and he assures me there is plenty of counter space, storage, pots, pans. In addition to sauce pans, there's a pot big enough for boiling lobsters. There are also all kinds of casseroles, baking dishes, cookie sheets.
There are also 10 large knives of every shape for food prep.
In the spice rack next to the stove there are two sets of salt and pepper shakers, plus some quality ground pepper that they used up, plus several other common spices. We are kinda baffled that you could find these items. It is our policy at Wells and Bennett if you need something, call us and we'll get to you, as we did the patio set. We will do an inventory of the kitchen items and if something missing, we'll get it replaced. There is a vacuum for renters use in the unlocked Master bedroom closet.
The living space isn't huge, but there is seating for 8, plus another 6 around the dining room table. This home really about the great location and outdoor space with lovely grounds, private beach and pier, pool, lake view decks, and a huge park right door.
You came up during one of our few heat spells and glad fans helped. The owner is looking into adding a portable ac unit, but the best way to cool off is go for a swim in the lake or pool.
Thanks again and we will make 100% sure this home is set up as stated.
Sincerely, Melinda